Did you know that it's illegal for migrant workers

[malaise]

to have children in Israel.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8524723.stm
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But Israel's government now wants Noah Mae to leave. Here it's illegal for migrant workers to have children.

Hundreds of families face expulsion from Israel this summer. More than 1,000 children, including Noah Mae, expect to be deported at the end of their school year.


Noah Mae with mother Emily
'Mama,' she said to me, 'I am Israeli. I was born here and I will stay here.'

She said it broke her heart when she heard the government's decision. "Noah Mae has never been to the Philippines. How can I tell her she's going home? She hardly speaks a word of Tagalog.

"She says she won't leave Israel. 'Mama,' she said to me, 'I am Israeli. I was born here and I will stay here.'"

But laws in Israel make it extremely hard for people to stay, to become citizens, if they are not Jewish.

[howard112211]

1. They are afraid that demographics will put jews in a minority position again. And it will.

And they are doing whatever they can to slow down this process. And they are pissing off a lot of people by doing so.

[rucky]

2. What's double weird about it...

I'm technically an Israeli citizen, and I've never set foot on the continent.

IBTM

[Mithreal]

3. .

[hfojvt]

4. What if she converts? n/t

[Crunchy Frog]

5. I'm really surprised this post isn't generating more discussion.

[Ikonoklast]

6. What difference does it make, if they don't become citizens?

As long as the parents are taking care of their own children, and don't have to rely on any money from the Israeli state government for their welfare, what's the problem?